The Swedish welfare state - more as Prince John than Robin Hood
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Screenshot via The Middle Class and the Swedish Welfare State: How Not to Measure Redistribution by Andreas Bergh. It is popular with the following interpretation of social reality - the welfare state is an institution that takes the money and redistributes from the rich individuals and gives it to the poor ones. The perception is that a higher level of economic equality can be achieved by transferring money and incomes from the upper class and middle-class individuals and taxpayers to working-class, poor, and unemployed individuals.
The Swedish welfare state - more as Prince John than Robin Hood
The Swedish welfare state - more as Prince…
The Swedish welfare state - more as Prince John than Robin Hood
Screenshot via The Middle Class and the Swedish Welfare State: How Not to Measure Redistribution by Andreas Bergh. It is popular with the following interpretation of social reality - the welfare state is an institution that takes the money and redistributes from the rich individuals and gives it to the poor ones. The perception is that a higher level of economic equality can be achieved by transferring money and incomes from the upper class and middle-class individuals and taxpayers to working-class, poor, and unemployed individuals.